No, I disagree emphatically with life expectancies and whatnot. I don't care if an 80 year old is going to die in 5 years time. If anything, that means that she has less time to recover from it, and will therefore die more unhappily than the 6 year old, who will only remember the rape in snippets.

Why should we even take things into consideration to decide who deserves to be raped least? To me, rape is rape. I feel uncomfortable deciding between two people because of age.

Okay, so a 6 year old's body is underdeveloped. An 80 year old's is just as frail.

If anything, this thread has conjured up some lasting images in my mind, which I'd rather not have.

Mick